Toys

It is DAY TWO of “It’s All Fun and Games” week at Mom Most Traveled! Everyday from Monday until Friday I will be offering a new giveaway for a family friendly game! Today I have another brand new game to share with you from Briarpatch! We like Briarpatch for their educational, fun games, and for […]

Demand has been rising for the SweetPea3 MP3 player! Remember the review and giveaway during Bloggy Carnival? As we get closer to Christmas, there will be shortages of SweetPea3s as more and more people hear about it and want to buy one. Due to the short buying season, the time it takes to get product […]

Before Webkins or Tickle Me Elmo, before Furbies or Beanie Babies, there were Cabbage Patch Kids. Cabbage Patch Kids ARE the original must-have, punch-that-stranger-in-the-face-before-he-buys-the-last-one, Christmas shopping frenzy toy in American history. In 1983, the year of their mass market debut, about 3 million Cabbage Patch dolls were sold at $40 a doll. I was among […]

I have always loved simple, beautifully designed toys made from natural materials. One of my absolute favorite toy companies is Germany-based HABA.Haba uses materials like beech wood, maple wood, and lacquers with a water base to create adorable, long-lasting toys that are fit to be heirlooms. Beech and maple woods have a long tradition in […]

Welcome to all the Bloggy Giveaways lovers! I have been so conflicted about entertaining my children while we travel. Since they are so young (3 1/2 and 1), I’m just not ready to buy a portable DVD player for the car. I want them to use their own imaginations, and in the car they are […]

It seems that a lot of wonderful things that we love in the United States have come to us from Japan: Hello Kitty, sushi, Iron Chef, Sudoku, Sony…the list is quite lengthy. Now, there is another innovative product from Japan making it’s way into American game cabinets, JISHAKU! Jishaku is a strategy game with an […]

Confession: I am not a naturally organized person. Yes, I am a “piler” (not a filer). I have been trying to rehabilitate my piling ways for several years, with the help of old episodes of Clean Sweep and the cold dose of reality that having children brings, I am definitely making progress. When I travel, […]

Since 2002 I have flown across the world 10 times. Many parents have asked me for advice about how to survive very long (usually international) flights with young children. I am especially eager to give helpful tips to adoptive parents who will be flying with their children for the first time. I worked in China […]

I have friend who is always proposing that we do “table questions” whenever we go out to eat with a group of adults. She likes to get to know people on a personal level, and one way to engage everyone at the table is to have each person answer the same question.I immediately thought of […]

My oldest child is 3 1/2 now. He has an average attention span of about 45 seconds. In planning for long trips (read: LOTS of time for sitting still), I am always looking for small, quiet toys that don’t have a lot of small pieces that can get lost. Most “travel games” are above my […]